Hello from Houston

[Zygotica]

Hi, I just wanted to introduce myself. I received a 45g (?) tank from Neptunian Cubes for Christmas. I've never had a sump (which it came with) or protein skimmer (which I still need to get) before, so I'm completely overwhelmed and will be reading voraciously in the upcoming weeks.

I had a little low tech FOWLR tank years ago: a 20 long with a BioWheel. Did really well with it for a few years. Was living in Florida and a near week long power outage following a hurricane crashed it: when my Crocea went, everything went.

So, in addition to the tech curve, the cube shape is challenging for me. I had planned on buying myself a 90g. I love bottom dwellers, rock hoppers and ledge lovers, so the larger footprint would have been helpful.

My interests haven't changed much - I plan on stocking it similarly to my 20 long:

Blue Spotted Jawfish
Firefish
Goby & Shrimp
Blenny
Some sort of small free swimmer

But will probably try to add coral. My SO bought me a Prime 16HD reef light... which I've been unable to register and turn on, yet.

 

[Gman83]

Welcome!

 

[Doctorgori]

welcome and maybe check out some cube builds while you are at it

 

[vetteguy53081]

 

[Narideth]

Always fun when you get a new tank to play with! Ask questions, ask all the question, there's so many here with so much experience.

 

[Fish Styx]

Greetings and welcome to the reef!

 

[Pvtgloss]

 

[Digimes]

Sounds like a decent direction with those options but getting the light to work is crazy. Was it NIB or a marketplace type buy? Welcome aboard and ask questions.Low to moderate light corals would be a great starting point and you may want to look at some type of wavemaker or secondary flow before jumping for the skimmer.

 

[shakacuz]

welcome aboard the r2r board!

 

[kevgib67]

Welcome, glad you are here!

 

[Just John]

 

[I never finish anythi]

Welcome to R2R ;)

 

[Gill the 3rd]

Hello and welcome!

 

[jsker]

 

[Uncle99]

Welcome to the reef (2 reef)!

 

[FrugalReeferJon]

 

[1112-425XL]

 

[CoralB]

Welcome !! :cool:

 

[Brazilian Reefer]

Hi, I just wanted to introduce myself. I received a 45g (?) tank from Neptunian Cubes for Christmas. I've never had a sump (which it came with) or protein skimmer (which I still need to get) before, so I'm completely overwhelmed and will be reading voraciously in the upcoming weeks.

I had a little low tech FOWLR tank years ago: a 20 long with a BioWheel. Did really well with it for a few years. Was living in Florida and a near week long power outage following a hurricane crashed it: when my Crocea went, everything went.

So, in addition to the tech curve, the cube shape is challenging for me. I had planned on buying myself a 90g. I love bottom dwellers, rock hoppers and ledge lovers, so the larger footprint would have been helpful.

My interests haven't changed much - I plan on stocking it similarly to my 20 long:

Blue Spotted Jawfish
Firefish
Goby & Shrimp
Blenny
Some sort of small free swimmer

But will probably try to add coral. My SO bought me a Prime 16HD reef light... which I've been unable to register and turn on, yet.

Welcome and Happy Reefing! Good luck on your new salty journey.

 

[Jimbhoy13]

Welcome to R2R